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One of the most celebrated CEOs of all time is Steve Jobs. Together with Steve Wozniak, he built Apple Computer many years ago and redefined our concept of computing.

Together with other like-minded individuals, they unleashed the true power of computers and invented something that any ordinary man or woman can easily use. At age 30, he was fired by his board. But after a few years, he bought Pixar and turned it again into one of the most successful movie studios in the world. He was asked to return to Apple, Inc. and has now revolutionized consumer electronics as well with the launch of such ubiquitous and cool products such as the iPod, the iPod Nano, and the iPhone.

Here, I post the video of his most talked about commencement speech when he addressed the 2005 graduates in Stanford University.

You can find the whole text of his speech here: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/grad-061505.html

To summarize, Steve talked about:

1. The first story is about connecting the dots... Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

    

2. My second story is about love and loss... I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

    

3. My third story is about death... Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you." - Steve Jobs, CEO and founder, Apple, Inc.